The Mafia Underestimates the Mamma

It’s women’s history month! This tale features a feisty female magistrate in Calabria who thought outside the box and found the one weak spot no man had ever even thought of. Mafia Mammas.

But it’s mostly about Lea Garofalo who thought she could leave the ‘Ndrangheta behind. Spoiler: The Mafia doesn’t do breakups.

In this episode, we recount Lea’s harrowing story—from growing up in a world where silence was survival to risking everything to escape. But it’s her daughter, Denise, who delivers the final blow, proving that sometimes the strongest mafia men crumble at the hands of the women they underestimated. It’s a tale of courage, betrayal, and resilience—with our usual dose of dark humor, of course.